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Re flexivity is often considered a ‘vital counterpoint… to the positivist, quan- titative agenda’ Qewkes 2012, 69). The aim of this chapter however is to provide a critical and reflexive account of a quantitative research project, that used supplementary qualitative methods, in order to demonstrate the value of reflexivity in quantitative and mixed methods research.
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Griffiths, C.E. (2014). Researching ‘Hidden Populations’: Reflections of a Quantitative Researcher in Understanding ‘Established’ and ‘Immigrant’ Groups’ Perceptions of Crime and Social (Dis)Order. In: Lumsden, K., Winter, A. (eds) Reflexivity in Criminological Research. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137379405_14
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